all of us serving you. us bank with odor free aspercreme. powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. so all you notice is relief. aspercreme. >>> already cliche, this was a status quo election. democrats control the senate. republicans keep the house. democrats in the white house, one of the big reasons the gop couldn't win the senate, losses by tea party candidates in missouri, ohio, indiana and north dakota. in the house, tea party favorite and former presidential hopeful michele bachmann kept her minnesota seat, but a margin of less than 5,000 votes. and no winner declared yet in florida's 18th congressional district, tea party back incumbent alan west trails his democratic challenger patrick murphy. joining me now is the tea party express chairwoman amy kramer. tea party was the big buzz out of the 2010 elections. you have republicans the morning after 2012 saying the tea party is to blame. fair criticism? >> i don't buy it. look, you have moderate candidates that lost as well. eric erickson was talking about it earlier this mor